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little children ^ It was tlien our first impressions were received ;' andHh ^ ucli for a time they were'obscured by youthful vanitiesii theyiwemitievjer rfiDtully erased : he lived to see them , in some instances , ripened ; in tfMjjue , GQ # vfli $ affc . It was his custom , when we were very ypqng , ta pray i \ vij ^ : us a | qne ; r he u ^ ed to take us by turns into his study ; and memory s ^ reca ) Dp , t } ie ^ mpl < Qanguag : e
and affecting earnestness with which he used to plead for his child . l o used to weep because he wept , though I understood and felt little of his meaning ; but I saw it was all love , and thus my earliest impression was associated with the idea that it was religion which made him love us so tenderly , and that prayer was an expression of that love . I was led in this way to pray for those who were kind to me , as dear papa did .
" In conversation he did not often urge the subject of religion directly on our attention , or question us much as to our personal experience of it . He has sometimes regretted this , and called it his infirmity : but I think he adopted a more successful plan . He used to watch over us most cautiously , and express his opinion in writing ; we constantly found letters left in our rooms , with directions to think and pray over them * * * * . His reproofs
were inexpressibly tender . He was never angry with us ; but when we displeased him , he shewed it by such a sad and mournful countenance , that it touched us to the very heart , and produced more effect than any punishment could have done , for we saw that it was our dear father who suffered the most . In this way he gained such an ascendancy over our affections , that none of his children could feel happy if his smile was withdrawn , and all regarded that smile as a rich reward . "
In the year 1805 , Mr . Richmond was persuaded to leave the Isle of Wight , and accept of an engagement as Assistant Chaplain to the Lock Hospital . Here , however , he remained for a few months only . The Rectory of Turvey , in Bedfordshire , becoming vacant , he was strongly recommended to the individual in whose gift it was : and , after some little hesitation , finally accepting the offeT , he found in this place a 6 eld of usefulness , and an asylum of peace . Besides his indefatigable labours in the ministry , and in the education of the poor , he formed a Friendly Society at Turvey , represented by the Editor as being so successful , that upon the chance of extending the knowledge of its plan , we transcribe the account of it as here given :
" The Friendly Society at Turvey was composed of three divisions . First , a club for children of both sexes , from seven to sixteen years of age : each member pays one shilling entrance , and a penny per month , and is allowed in sickness eighteen-pence per week . From three to four pounds is the yearly expenditure on sick members . The Society has deposited 50 / . in the Savings' Bank after twenty years' duration . Its members have varied from twenty to forty children . At sixteen years of age , a member becomes eligible to the senior clubs , and is entitled to receive half the entrance for
admission . ** Secondly , the club for women , confined to persons from seventeen to thirtylive years of age . The entrance is five shillings , the monthly subscription one shilling , or one and eightpence , at the option of the members . Those who subscribe the larger sum receive six shillings per week in illness : to the lesser subscriber is paid four shillings weekly . The number of members has varied from thirty to forty . The average payments for the last twenty years is 20 / ., and the Society has 200 / . in the Savings ' Bank .
" Thirdly , the men ' s club , also , forms a double class , who pay seven and sixpence entrance , and one shilling or one and four-pence monthly ; and receive eight shillings or six shillings weekly in sickness . Their annual expenditure has been 36 / ., and their present fund amounts to nearly 4001 . These clubs have about twenty honorary members , who greatly contribute to the opulence and prosperity of these institutions : and their bounty , joined to the
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1828, page 753, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2566/page/25/
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